Changing Paradigms In The Traditional Dichotomy Of Old And New Minorities

Medda-Windischer, Roberta

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“…These are communities whose members have lived with the majority in a particular territory for a long time but have a different language, culture, and religion [18]. Most often, they become minorities as a result of redrawing state borders and transferring the territory of their settlement from the sovereignty of one state to the sovereignty of another, forced mass displacement of the population, slavery; or they are ethnic groups that for various reasons have not gained their statehood [19].…”

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“…"New" minorities are groups composed of individuals who have decided to leave their homeland and emigrate to another country, usually for economic and sometimes political reasons [18]. Thus, new minorities consist of immigrants, refugees, and their descendants who live in a country other than their country of origin for a more extended time than just a transitional period [19].…”

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“…Minorities can be divided into "old" and "new" according to many different criteria, not only by the time they have lived with the majority on the same territory. According to researchers, other factors are also important, such as socio-economic, political, and historical factors, the effects of past colonization or other forms of discrimination, and the settlement of minority members (compact or dispersed) [19]. Also, it would be appropriate to apply a quantitative criterion in Ukraine that considers the number of persons belonging to a minority living in a certain territory.…”

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Problems of Introducing a Differentiated Approach to "Old" and "New" Minorities in Ukraine

Husiev

2023

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The relevance of the article is due to the reform of the legislative framework on national minorities in Ukraine, which is conditioned by European integration. The purpose of the article is to reveal the problems of identifying persons belonging to "old" minorities in Ukraine and discrimination against "new" minorities. In the course of the research, the author used the dialectical method, logical methods of analysis, synthesis, abstraction, comparative research method, forecasting method, and formal legal method. The author analyzes the provisions of the old inclusive Law of Ukraine "On National Minorities in Ukraine", the new exclusive Law of Ukraine "On National Minorities (Communities) of Ukraine", and some international treaties of Ukraine. The author identifies the problems related to the consolidation of the feature of traditional residence on the territory of Ukraine. The author analyzes the legal status of "new" minorities. It is concluded that the adoption of the new Law of Ukraine "On National Minorities (Communities) of Ukraine" has led to the introduction of a differentiated approach to "old" and "new" minorities in Ukraine, but the shortcomings of this Law make it impossible to determine which national minorities belong to the "old" ones. It is emphasized that the "new" minorities have been discriminated against due to the deprivation of their legal status as national minorities (communities) of Ukraine and equalization with the majority. Recommendations are made to address the identified shortcomings by removing from the concept of "national minority (community) of Ukraine" the feature of traditional residence on the territory of Ukraine and defining precise and clear features of settlements where persons belonging to national minorities (communities) traditionally reside or where they constitute a significant part of the population.

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Husiev

2023

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“…In 2011, after long delays, the provincial government enacted a law for the integration of the immigrant population. Since then, and especially after the migration inflows in 2015, the number of immigrants residing in the province has increased (Medda-Windischer & Girardi, 2011).…”

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Selective Inclusion? Insights Into Political Parties' Recruitment of Immigrant Background Candidates in Bolzano

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Schönthaler

2024

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Political parties can be crucial gatekeepers to the political participation of immigrants. This article analyzes the political selection strategies of political parties at the local level. The case study focuses on the multi-ethnic city of Bolzano in Northern Italy, which is home to a significant migrant population as well as three autochthonous language groups: Italian, German, and Ladin. First, the article gives an overview of the political lists presented at the last local elections in 2020. Second, it discusses party strategies to recruit candidates with an immigration background. The presented insights are drawn from seven “elite” interviews (i.e., with high-ranking party representatives). Overall, the findings indicate that diversity stemming from migration does not have a significant impact on the recruitment strategies of the province’s political parties’: Despite electoral lists containing an increasing number of immigrants, who have migrated to South Tyrol since the 1990s, neither newer nor traditional parties adopt significant strategies to recruit candidates with an immigration background. Overall, the diversity on political lists mostly reflects the existing language cleavages of the autochthonous population, while diversity stemming from immigration is still largely overlooked. However, the results also show that while neither of the parties is fully inclusive or exclusive in their selection methods, we identify a tendency toward selective inclusiveness of certain immigrant groups.

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“…The term 'old minorities' refers to communities whose members have a language, culture and/or religion distinct from that of the rest of the population and who became minorities as a consequence of a redrawing of international borders or because their territory did not achieve statehood but came to be part of a larger country or several countries(Medda-Windischer, 2010).…”

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Migration and (De)Securitisation Dynamics at the Local Level: Discourses and Practices in South Tyrol

Carlà

2023

IMISCOE Research Series

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In the past decades, South Tyrol, an Italian autonomous province with a German- and Ladin-speaking population and a power-sharing system to protect their cultural features, has witnessed the arrival of many migrants from foreign countries. In addition, as result of the increase in the refugee flows in recent years, thousands of asylum-seekers have passed through and settled in the province. Situated within the ‘local turn’ in migration studies and in the interplay between the fields of migration and security studies, this chapter analyses processes of (de)securitisation vis-à-vis migration in South Tyrol. Adopting the Copenhagen School’s understanding of securitisation as a speech act in combination with a sociological variant that highlights the role of practices, the chapter reveals how, to what extent and in what terms (de)securitisation dynamics have unfolded in South Tyrol regarding the settlement of migrant communities and recent refugee flows. I use a qualitative methodology that looks at discourses and practices as they have emerged in party programmes, political speeches, policy and legal documents. In this way, the chapter will offer a genealogy of (de)securitising discourses and practices at the substate level, revealing the anxieties and problems of dealing with migration when the arrival of migrants meets the presence of old minorities.

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Changing Paradigms In The Traditional Dichotomy Of Old And New Minorities

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Problems of Introducing a Differentiated Approach to "Old" and "New" Minorities in Ukraine

Problems of Introducing a Differentiated Approach to "Old" and "New" Minorities in Ukraine

Selective Inclusion? Insights Into Political Parties' Recruitment of Immigrant Background Candidates in Bolzano

Migration and (De)Securitisation Dynamics at the Local Level: Discourses and Practices in South Tyrol

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